I bet Milton Bradley would have preferred Bruce Miles would have just stayed home. Earlier this season, management at the Daily Herald decided to stop/limit their Cubs beat writer, Bruce Miles, from travelling with the team. Newspapers are under pressure to cut costs, but when coverage is affected,Â I think really calls into question a paper’s […]

Possibly one of the great jobs to have is that of beat writer for a major league baseball team. Free tickets, great seats, accessÂ to all aspects of the game… my view from the cheap seats (i.e. as a blogger) isÂ being a beat writer is a great gig to have. That may well be, but of […]